* after all that I crocheted some grannies for a blanket I'm working on. I'm trying to do one granny a day, but skipped a couple of days and now I'm back on scheme. Pictures of the blanket will follow as soon as it's finished. Could be never though, because I hate large, timeconsuming projects, and usually don't get the finish line. Somebody gave me some yarn en because I didn't know what to do with it and I'm gradually smothered by pillows I decided it had to be a blanket this time.

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Wow, you are a major productivity roll, dear Liz. I can practically smell the tempting, heady, gorgeous scent of your freshly baked ginger cookies from here! :) I love the the Christmas baking (and cooking) season is upon us again. I did a small grocery shopping on Saturday and added a few items to the cart that are expressly for the purpose, since they were on sale now and will keep until I need them in the coming weeks (like bricks of cream cheese, for example).

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